Perhaps I am trying to justify my bitterness. :) Seriously, it's been an issue when I've been trying to collaborate with others on a side project. We had the q

Perhaps I am trying to justify my bitterness. :) Seriously, it's been an issue when I've been trying to collaborate with others on a side project. We had the question of what language to start with. Some of the interested contributors were Python consultants and insisted that not only was Python the best language, but that Python was the best community, and Python people were the best and most virtuous people. (It is a kind of activist do-gooder project, which is why that person thought this was relevant.) This sort of opinion seems asinine to me now, and it hurts especially because I used to be one of those guys around 1998-2000 or so -- except, for Perl. The question of what language to start with kind of paralyzes me now, because when I consider what we'll want a few months in, I see this field of leg-hold traps we're going to step in. In all directions. I almost wish I had less experience and foresight (or more courage, take your pick).